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292 – Diversity & Inclusion in the Maintenance Community with Caitlyn Young-Gilbert

292 – Diversity & Inclusion in the Maintenance Community with Caitlyn Young-Gilbert

Diversity & Inclusion in the Maintenance Community with Caitlyn Young-Gilbert

It is my pleasure to welcome Caitlin Young Gilbert to the podcast. She is the Chief of Staff at Upkeep.

In this episode we covered:

  • What type of trends are you seeing in maintenance lately?
  • The maintenance community’s been going strong for a year now, what prompted Upkeep to start the maintenance community to begin with?
  • Did you intend to make sure that there was diversity and inclusion built into it before you launched, or did that just happen organically?

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PR S2:E12 Risk Management Asset Reliability w/ Suzane Greeman

PR S2:E12 Risk Management Asset Reliability w/ Suzane Greeman

Risk Management Asset Reliability w/ Suzane Greeman

Suzane Greeman is the President and Principal Asset Management Advisor of Greeman Asset Management Solutions, a firm headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba.  She is a senior asset management consultant and instructor in North America with over 23 years of experience, working with clients who manage assets in excess of $75 Billion in value.

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SOR 714 Achieving or Calculating Reliability

SOR 714 Achieving or Calculating Reliability

Achieving or Calculating Reliability

Abstract

Carl and Fred discuss which reliability methods add more value to a project or program: those methods that are centered around calculating reliability or those methods that predominently support achieving reliability.

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QDD 035 Design for User Tasks using an Urgent/Important Matrix

QDD 035 Design for User Tasks using an Urgent/Important Matrix

Design for User Tasks using an Urgent/Important Matrix

We’ve collected all sorts of preliminary information about our users that we’re using for a new product design. We may be faced with so much data we’re not sure where to turn first, or what design feature is a priority. There’s a simple, 2-way matrix we can use to help us sort it all out: an urgent/important matrix. We may have used it to prioritize tasks for ourselves or as a management strategy for our team.  But, we can also use it to evaluate the tasks our users take when using our product.

We talk more about this matrix in the podcast, and we talk through an example of how to use it to evaluate user tasks.

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Let Me Tell You a Reliability Story

Let Me Tell You a Reliability Story

Let Me Tell You a Reliability Story

podcast episode with speaker Fred Schenkelberg

We always tell and listen to stories—anecdotes, encounters, best practices, near misses, memories, etc. We also influence how we interpret the world through the stories we tell ourselves. Plus, we often work to alter the stories others have in their head as we work to improve reliability. [Read more…]

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RM 084: A Conversation about Solder Paste Inspection with Christopher Frederickson

RM 084: A Conversation about Solder Paste Inspection with Christopher Frederickson

A Conversation about Solder Paste Inspection with Christopher Frederickson

Today, we’ll be discussing Fit for Use solder paste inspection. As I’ve repeated several times on this show, it is said most reliability problems begin at the printer. Our industry utilizes a lot of materials in order to produce a circuit assembly. If the materials, specifically the solder paste is out of spec, that can effect reliability. Unfortunately, in most cases, one can not simply open a jar of solder paste and easily determine visually if the solder paste their applying to the stencil is fit for use, or if it has gone bad, or is out of spec.

My guest today will discuss what solder paste fit for use means, and how we can provide methods for determining its fit for use right on the production floor. My guest also, on a completely unrelated topic, but maybe even more interesting, has experience in wearable electronics in temporary tattoos. You subject that’s the first question I’m going to ask him about!

Contact Christopher:

Christopher Frederickson
Chief Technology Officer
Insituware LLC
Email: chris@insituware.com
Web: insituware.com

 

 

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291 – Putting People At the Center of Work with Jeff Ma & Mohammad Anwar

291 – Putting People At the Center of Work with Jeff Ma & Mohammad Anwar

Putting People At the Center of Work with Jeff Ma & Mohammad Anwar

It is my pleasure to welcome Mohammad Anwar (Founder & CEO, Softway) and Jeff Ma (Director, Softway).

In this episode we covered:

  • What is the biggest challenge that you have experienced in leading people and teams and developing that culture overall?
  • In your book, ‘Love is a Business Strategy,’ you talk about putting people at the center of work. What does that mean and how does that relate to overcoming some of these challenges?
  • Why would organizations that are traditionally focused on the triple bottom line want to put people at the center of work?

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QDD 034 Statistical vs. Practical Significance

QDD 034 Statistical vs. Practical Significance

Statistical vs. Practical Significance

When we’re looking at results (like measures of a characteristic), we need to take care not to get too hung-up on what the statistics is trying to tell us.  Yes, statistical tools are a good way for us to make decisions and the results can act as proof for us. But, there’s a practical, engineering side to results, too. We need to evaluate the statistical significance along with the practical significance.

We review an example and how to document it.

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290- Smooth Transitions from Cooling to Heating with Mark Orlovsky

290- Smooth Transitions from Cooling to Heating with Mark Orlovsky

Smooth Transitions from Cooling to Heating with Mark Orlovsky

It’s my pleasure to welcome Mark Orlowski to the podcast. He is a quality warranty and service expert at Modine manufacturing company.

In this episode we covered:

  • What is an HVAC system?
  • How do you ensure that HVAC systems are operating at optimum efficiency?
  • Now, if we’re doing all those basic things, what needs to be done when we’re moving from a cooling to a heating season, or maybe a heating season to a cooling season?

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SOR 711 Are You Confident in Your Confidence?

SOR 711 Are You Confident in Your Confidence?

Are You Confident in Your Confidence?

Abstract

Chris and Fred discuss what it means to be ‘confident.’ Is it the way you carry yourself? Is it being able to rely or trust on something? Or is it the probability that some variable quantity will be within two limits? More importantly … what does this mean in the domain of reliability and quality?
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